This afternoon I have to go to Swindon.
Following recent trips to Widnes, Preston & Llantrisant. When was the last time you had to visit a shit hole town for work? Do you get to travel with your job? Anywhere decent?

Alt: What would you guess your grandmother's favourite sexual position is/was?

trips to London occasionally
Jeremy Hunt has to resign. He way overstepped the mark.
(Dozy Dozy D&#128698;, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:18,
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I travel for work all the time..
... luckily I never have to visit the worst one of all - London. I've travelled to some awesome places with my work. I loved Kiev, Singapore, Melbourne and Adelaide, didn't like Paris (apart from the 'naked boss rant' adventure) or Frankfurt.Most other places I like, I suppose I'm a xenophile.

Both Grannies are long dead.

Jeremy Hunt shouldn't resign. As a member of both the conservative party and the cabinet he should be executed over a period of weeks with the inventive use of power tools and corrosive liquids.
(Captain PlacidSpraypaint the vegetables, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:23,
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Kiev is a great place.
Although I didn't see chicken on the menu in any of the restaurants.
(Bollocks., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:36,
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I did!
In the Hotel Rus (the older one) on the hill overlooking the city. It was great!One of the best things about my stays in Kiev was that I was staying in the new Hotel Rus and my room had a good view of the Dynamo Kiev football ground. I'm not a football supporter myself but I had many guests on the nights they were playing, all of whom brought vodka and food with them. Happy days.
(Captain PlacidSpraypaint the vegetables, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:42,
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I travelled a lot when I worked for Coca-Cola.
When I was visiting somewhere I hadn't been before I would often create time in my diary to have an extra day there to have a look around.

Best one was Moscow - got an english speaking tour guide from the hotel. She was a history teacher so I learned & saw a lot in a short space of time. One of my favourite cities.
(Bollocks., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:46,
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I've never been to Moscow
It's one of the cities on my 'must go' list. My company had a stand at the recent building show in Moscow and I was hoping to go but I wasn't asked as I speak no Russian!Never mind - I'll get there someday.
(Captain PlacidSpraypaint the vegetables, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:50,
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Can't recommend it enough
Although you do basically have to choose North or South, the distance between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh is sufficient to make doing both effectively the same as visiting two countries
(Darth FoxtrotA one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:22,
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I went when I was 19.
Didn't really know what was going on.
(Monty BoyceMy cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:45,
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On a couple of occasions I have had to visit suppliers, usually based in some northern hell hole - Oldham, Blackpool - that sort of place
But I have only ever seen the inside of their factories and then come straight home again.Whenever I have attended meetings in London the usual policy is to book a later train back, which is not only cheaper but also allows for a couple of hours drinking.
(tangledupinblueloves Brittish cuss words such as " bint" "minge", Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:42,
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My company has its major offices in Manchester, Bracknell and Leeds
all of which encourages me not to get noticed or sent for training courses. Could be worse; in my retail days I once had to go look after our Lowestoft branch *shudders*

Alt: My grandmother never had sex, according to my Mum. She was very clear on this point.

AltAlt: Of course not, as long as he's in the news refusing to step down people will be too busy to talk about the fucking weather
(Darth FoxtrotA one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:45,
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That's how I'm rocking today.
Until I go out for breakfast and then shopping anyway.
(JeffTheDogFuckerCan you dig it?, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:58,
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Tell you what sunshine
If I ever do have to go to Leeds for work, we'll have a PINT. We'll make sure we get plenty of photos of us together so our peers can decide once and for all who's better-looking.
(Darth FoxtrotA one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:05,
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must not strike through
must not strike through...
(the mighty badgerAphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:11,
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She probably deserves it
whoever she is
(Darth FoxtrotA one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:12,
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Love the description of MK
My last employer had a head office and factory in MK, During the times I had to stay over I never found a pub with any atmosphere at all. In th eend we all used to take minibuses out to the surrounding villages in search of somewhere that didn't suck out your soul as soon as you walked in.
(Captain PlacidSpraypaint the vegetables, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:54,
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it's the most arm chewingly suburban place
Everything looks the same, as if someone made it in a giant factory and dumped it in straight lines.

I haven't been, but I bet welwyn garden city is the same.

Shudder. Bring on the personality, even if it does have high ceilings and dodgy wiring.
(rachelswipejigeumbuteo gal dekkaji gabolkka oppa gangnam TILE, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:14,
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Welwyn is the same. *shudders*
I looked at a house once there. Couldn't run fast enough away.
(the mighty badgerAphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:16,
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i go nice places for my work, i've never been somewhere i didn't like
i reckon nonna was a right old go-er, you could see the passion in her eyes, she was a firecracker, i would have been privileged to have a jump with her

I can confirm this
I've got an incredibly tiny scar on the bridge of my nose from tripping up the kerb and smashing my glasses into my face when it impacted with a wall. The street was awash with fanny in seconds. It was like a blood-splattered Lynx advert.
(Darth FoxtrotA one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:14,
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by falling oven on a kerb and smashing his nose
he means having a gang-bang down the docks with some Russian sailors
(mark morrisons prison shoeslike a metrosexual bellend or something, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:22,
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My Uni shop has two fridges for all other drinks and two for irn bru.
They are all the same size. And it's 50 miles from Glasgow.
(the mighty badgerAphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:18,
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I got to go to Leicester earlier this year and once had an exciting three days in Newcastle..
..at the Sage centre for global domination. Most of the time I couldn't tell you what the weather was like on any particular day.

I used to travel all over the UK with work
As far up as Dundee, and as far south as Portsmouth so I've seen plenty of towns I'd not otherwise visit. This was a good thing as invariably they'd be nicer than you expect.

I remember the one plane a day from Newcastle down there and the tin shack of an airport
Hailsham was a good one. We got there at 5:30pm to find it had shut. Everywhere. Had to get a taxi to Eastbourne to get something to eat. Eastbourne is like the set of a zombie film
(sporters, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:37,
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Port Talbot's not a town, it's a giant factory.
All of South Wales, with the exception of Monmouthshire (and even that's not great), is a complete shithole.
(KroneyFellow of The Bent Poetry School for Bent Poets, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:40,
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I've stayed at the something Beach Hotel on the seafront
It is stuck in 1971 but the food/beer is good
(sporters, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:41,
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London has something for everyone
clearly you are therefore not anybody and I consequently call you a sub-human spastic
(Goose!HONK HONK!, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:53,
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I like London to visit, but wouldn't want to live there; a few months in Hounslow was enough.
Alt, one foot in the grave. Alt alt. probably, but politicians, by "virtue" of the job are corrupt liars. I'm sure the saintly Milliband has a few skeletons in his closet.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged.Halloween is coming to town., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:55,
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Even as a provincial
I wouldn't just lump all of London together. Places like Streatham, Brixton and Kensington are all shitholes full of pikeys and muggers, certainly. There are some very nice villages in London, though.
(KroneyFellow of The Bent Poetry School for Bent Poets, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:56,
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I was once in a pub in Stevenage and was told to drink up as they were closing
at 6pm....
(sporters, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:10,
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At least the pub had been open.
The Northampton ones looked like they hadn't been open since rationing.
(Reverend Fister"a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:11,
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Great Yarmouth is like that.
I was in a "restaurant" at about 7pm and the bloke that owned recommended against going out for a drink. Said it was probably safer if I went back to my hotel.
(Set your faces to StunnedNo offence., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:28,
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^^^This^^^...

I once played a gig at Sixfields stadium. What a crap-bucket that was.
(Pooflakehas typed his last w..., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:29,
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Walking the 100 yards back to the hotel
I saw two fights and some slag squatting down and having a piss outside a pub. It was still daylight.
(Set your faces to StunnedNo offence., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:31,
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I have to go up north every so often
Wakefield sheffield leeds manchester. They're not that bad.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:13,
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Wakefield is a bit grim
Sheffield is impossible to drive roundLeeds is good, as is Manchester
(sporters, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:18,
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I used to have the joy of printed map and no satnav to find the office
Hence I saw a lot of the towns as I drove round the ring road for the 7th time
(sporters, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:27,
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Every damn day...

I live and work in Coventry. That's the shithole bit answered.

In my old job I had to go to the States a lot. NY mostly. I liked it, but eventually got tired of jetsetting about all the time, so I quit in order to spend every.waking.moment in Cov. What was I thinking?

Alt: Got to be bogstandard Mish...She was northern.

AltAlt: He can go and fuck himself, in any position he wants.
(Pooflakehas typed his last w..., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:27,
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But I liked Fenners, and 'Take it like a fan' is ok.
(Pooflakehas typed his last w..., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:03,
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@ Pooflake - How very dare you!
Coventry is my home town and I won;t hear it's fine name besmirched in such a fashion by an oik like you!Sir, I demand satisfaction!I will meet you this very lunchtime whereupon we will engage in hand-to-pint combat for the fair name of Coventry!

I donno, I ain't really bothered by general areas of places I visit.
If I don't like it, then its not like I'm going site seeing, and if I do like it, then thats pleasent enough. Only exception to this is when I feel unsafe at an area to a place I'm going to, but that's not really snobbery, it's just that I dont wanna end up with column inches written about me.
(GonzBeen Public Enemy since you thought PE was Gym., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:40,
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I spent about an hour yesterday trying to find a budget tracking app
for android that worked with £ not $, then I realised it didn't matter.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:49,
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I thought as a master of excel you could build in your own complexity.
ANyway, point taken, my monthly budget is pretty simple, intentionally so.
(CQKnows the truth, all of it., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:02,
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Interesting pic!
I'd say that was (possibly) Stony Stratford - good luck with affording a 'first time buy' in THAT location!As to the rest of MK - it's like that song 'Little boxes'.
(Captain PlacidSpraypaint the vegetables, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:05,
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You are aware ther are other phone that do all these things, but allow you to do advanced things like upgrade the storage and replace the battery?
They are even cheaper. oh and www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1600418
(CQKnows the truth, all of it., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:30,
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bigger memory card or less music is what you need
fucken 60 gig of music, what the fuck, you ain't gonna listen to all that
(QuintnoEXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:20,
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Well of course I will, and I will continue to add to it for the rest of my life
I suspect by my retirement it'll be hundreds and hundreds of gbs
(Goose!HONK HONK!, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:26,
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your phone should have enough memory and capability for all the music you'll ever need
an mp3 player is just extra shit to carry
(QuintnoEXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:13,
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like fuck it does
space can be improved with a decent micro sd card, and if your phone can't go 24 hours as a phone, doing calls, internet and a couple of hours of music, you have a shit phone
(QuintnoEXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:18,
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ITS OK I'M HERE!!!!
So I was browsing the facebook page of my future wife and was checking out the pics of the Bash and saw that Gary Oldman turned up in his full Sirius Black getup! Except it wasn't Sirius Black it was Monty!

My last job I got to go to Japan a couple of times. In this job I might get to take the bus to the next campus. So today is my first day being the boss and up until 10.30 I presumed bosses bossed people about, were universally hated and drank tea. Now I realise you have to deal with it when someone in gets all upset and cries.

My Gran likes the helicopter and the hot karl.

No Jeremy Hunt should be made to answer silly questions over and over so we can watch him squirm for our own pleasure.
(PhillieJoehttp://goo.gl/1IvaR2, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:06,
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Is it true that Japanese birds dig Western men because we have massive dicks?

they're all on fb, apart from the few that my spazzy blackberry is refusing to email across or the ones that i was asked not to post
so lusty can show you!
(rachelswipejigeumbuteo gal dekkaji gabolkka oppa gangnam TILE, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:28,
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Phillie has no balls
Monty was in Harry PotterQuinten has a tumor (sorry to be the bearer Q)and Pooflake and Captain Placid are meetuing up at lunchtime to offer to buy underage girls drinks so they can nonce them up in the park
(Goose!HONK HONK!, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:30,
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is there a tumour in your humour
are there bags under your eyeshave you had enough of stuffdo you need a bit of roughdo you believeyou must believe
(QuintnoEXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:31,
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I know its not as interesting but I honestly still have my balls
I just am missing a small section of my Vas deferens. Once they have healed they can go right back in my wife handbag.
(PhillieJoehttp://goo.gl/1IvaR2, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:32,
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